How Taylor Swift 'snubbed handwritten invite from Meghan to appear on her Spotify podcast

 How Taylor Swift 'snubbed handwritten invite from Meghan to appear on her Spotify podcast (letting her rep say no!) while execs rejected idea after idea from the subpar Sussexes'... though a Great Expectations-inspired Netflix show IS on the way:

Taylor Swift reportedly turned down an invitation to join Meghan Markle's podcast despite receiving a 'personal letter' from the Duchess.

The pop singer was invited by Meghan herself to perform at Archetypes, but declined through her rep, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The newspaper summed up Harry and Meghan's deals with Netflix as "big ideas, underperforming" after executives at the streaming giant and Spotify reportedly said they were "disappointed" with the lack of big ideas and productivity of the couple.

Since the couple stepped down from royal duties in 2020 and flew to California to live in their new $14 million nine-bedroom mansion, the couple have built an intricate network of "entertainment" businesses to " spread their truth".

However, it has been confirmed that the couple is currently creating a Great Expectations-inspired show for Netflix titled Bad Manners.

Described as a prequel to the Charles Dickens classic, the series tells the story of a lonely Miss Haversham living in a patriarchal society.

It is currently unknown if the show was commissioned by Netflix itself.

A documentary about Invictus Games, a production the pair agreed to shortly after signing the £80million deal with Netflix in 2020, is also still in the works.

The Heart of Invictus program tracks the training of participants around the world for the The Hague games, which were scheduled to take place in 2020 but have been postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic.

It's one of the couple's only ideas that wasn't rejected by the streaming giant.

The Wall Street Journal analysis said Harry and Meghan offered similar shows to already popular Netflix programs, such as sitcoms like Emily in Paris but "about a man", and a show about LGBTQ characters similar to those from Heartstopper.

Another proposal was a documentary on disinformation, which also did not come out of the editorial board.